Ayrton and ACT Lighting have announced ACT Lighting will assume the exclusive distribution of Ayrton in Canada. Over the past several years Ayrton has established itself in the market as a force for innovative lighting products and solutions which are currently used in myriad projects around the globe. “We are excited to further our partnership with Ayrton to now service the entire North American market,” stated Ben Saltzman, CEO of ACT Lighting. “Ayrton is the industry’s most innovative brand and market-leading manufacturer of professional digital lighting with unmatched quality and design. Ayrton’s product portfolio and development strategy are the perfect…
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Chroma-Q continued to celebrate its 15th year as a producer of premium performance LED lighting products by showing its latest range of LED solutions at PLASA 2019, London Olympia. Making its PLASA show debut was the new Chroma-Q Space Force onebytwo variable white LED soft light panel. Recipient of a Lighting Product of the Year Award at NAB, the cost-effective, bright, high quality unit is a modern replacement for traditional soft sources and is the ideal fit for creating a huge volume of light in standard room ceiling height studios and small spaces. The popular Space Force fixture, upon whose technologies…
For two shows, Metallica teamed up with the San Francisco Symphony for the first event in San Francisco’s Chase Center, the new home of the NBA’s Golden State Warriors, while surrounded by capacity audiences of 18,000 for each show. Staged in the round and dubbed S&M2 (in homage to 1999 S&M concert and recording with the same orchestra), the 2019 shows had 70-plus musicians encircling the band with conductor Edwin Outwater perched on the perimeter of a rotating stage. The performances were delivered at full power and with panoramic scope through a custom-designed reinforcement system of more than 250 Meyer…
EM Acoustics has a reputation for producing exceptional subwoofers, regardless of physical size. In a move that further strengthens and streamlines the range, EM has announced the launch of the new S Series which brings all of the company’s subwoofers into a single class for ease of identification. The new range comprises a total of seven subwoofers designed to augment EM Acoustics’ full-range loudspeakers in a variety of fixed and portable sound reinforcement applications. The baby of the range is the new S-48 low profile, compact VLF subwoofer whose minimal dimensions allow for easy concealment in confined spaces such as…
The latest PROLIGHTS family was demonstrated on the A.C. Entertainment Technologies stand at PLASA 2019, London Olympia. Highlights included the PLASA Awards for Innovation nominated PixieWash XB, a single source RGB+WW LED wash light with extensive zoom, and high CRI Whites. Being compact, fast and silent, the PixieWash XB offers unprecedented flexibility. Also nominated is the Mosaico XL, an extremely powerful, long-throw IP66 LED fixture for projecting gobos and textures with colour mixing, animation wheel and framing shutters. The Panorama AirBeam IP lead the extensive PROLIGHTS IP65 family, which includes Pars, Blinders, Battens, Strobes and Moving Lights designed for temporary…
Last year’s debut two-day Trondheim Rocks festival was such a success that this year it added an extra day. Headlined by Def Leppard, KISS and Iggy Pop, Alcons Audio pro-ribbon systems again succeeded in the difficult task of giving 19000 rock fans the volume and clarity they wanted, while keeping levels outside the arena low enough not to disturb nearby residential buildings. Held in the grounds of the Norwegian city’s Dahl brewery, a big part of last year’s success was thanks to the Alcons systems used on both the main and second stages. This year, the event’s sound was again…
WorldStage provided extensive video support for the musical Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of The Temptations at The Imperial Theatre where audiences thrill to the story of brotherhood, family, loyalty and betrayal as they follow The Temptations’ extraordinary journey from the streets of Detroit to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. The Des McAnuff-directed production leans heavily on video display technology providing WorldStage with another opportunity to collaborate with Projection Designer Peter Nigrini on a design that included a unique combination of LED panels, projectors, and media servers. “The scenic elements capture a sense of Detroit…
A 48-channel Allen & Heath SQ-6 digital mixer landed a role in the Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles (SCLA) production of Henry IV, one of the Bard of Avon’s most popular historical plays. Built from the ground up outdoors on the West Los Angeles Veteran Affairs campus under the artistic direction of SCLA founder Ben Donenberg, Henry IV was staged with a cast that included Tom Hanks as Falstaff, Hamish Linklater as Prince Henry, and Joe Morton in the title role. Sound design fell under the guidance of Diablo Sound, an LA-based firm that has brought audio to many of…
The EMS Series from EM Acoustics is the company’s best-selling loudspeaker range, featuring their signature passive crossovers and exceptional enclosure design. Hugely versatile, EMS Series point-source loudspeakers are deployed in a vast array of theatres and entertainment venues both in the UK and worldwide, and the series plays a highly significant role in the rental market. In a further development to the range, EM Acoustics has enhanced the look and feel with a number of aesthetic changes and augmented the series with the addition of a 10-inch model, the EMS-101X. The EMX-101X, unveiled at PLASA 2019, incorporates a brand new…
High End Systems lighting gear illuminated Leith Theatre for the duration of the recent Edinburgh International Festival. The fully LED rig comprised a selection of Sola Series fixtures, but the real highlight was High End’s latest innovation, TurboRay, which made its international debut at the event. In his role as lighting designer for Leith Theatre’s contemporary music program for the 2019 festival, Grant Anderson facilitated the lighting needs for a diverse roster that included poetry, rapping and alternative rock. He designed a rig that offered flexibility and a multitude of possible looks for the featured artists including Jarvis Cocker, Teenage…
The annual Blackpool Illuminations Festival is underway and over a million bulbs stretch for six miles along the seaside resort of Blackpool are shining bright. 4Wall Entertainment contributed to this year’s event by transforming the Theatre D’Amour into an experimental art installation showcasing lighting and video technology called the 4Wall Theatre of Light. 4Wall UK’s Simon Stuart has attended The Illuminations dozens of times and was eager to bring this new attraction to the festival. Following a meeting with the Blackpool Illuminations team and Theatre D’Amour Designer Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, Simon’s childhood ambition of telling a story with light was set…
The LR18/120 is a 3-way, ‘compact-mid-size’ format line-source sound system, combining a 120-degree wide dispersion high sound quality with high dynamic SPL capabilities and throw. By implementing Alcons’ pro-ribbon technology for mid and high frequencies, a very fast impulse response with up-to-90% less distortion is achieved. This enables the LR18/120 to offer an intuitive linear response, with optimal intelligibility and non-compressed identical tonal balance at any SPL, under a remarkable gain-before-feedback performance. The all-natural cylindrical wavefront of the multiple-patented, purpose-designed Alcons RBN702rs 7” pro-ribbon transducer and the acoustically and electronically symmetrical component configuration cater for a very coherent pattern control…
Mountain View Staging (MVS), headquartered in Salt Lake City, has taken delivery of Ayrton Diablo-S fixtures for its expanding equipment inventory. ACT Lighting, Inc. is the exclusive distributor of Ayrton fixtures in North America. MVS is an industry leader in creating innovative corporate events focused on attendee experience and interactivity to provide a compelling and memorable messaging platform. “We have typically partnered with lighting houses for our bigger shows and will continue to do so, but more and more customers are looking for one-stop shops that provide all the services and equipment they need up to a certain scale,” said…
Three festivals in a row on two weekends in August. That’s the order of the days for creative event production specialists The Good Guyz of Amsterdam at the Velsen Valley, situated in the Spaarnwoude recreational area of Velsen. Dance Valley, Dutch Valley and Latin Village Festivals shared the extensive site which features multiple stages and attracted huge crowds. The three electronic music events move between genres and offer up the cream of Dutch and international artists. The Good Guyz’ Arjen Ott, technical production manager for the three events, had been a fan of Pioneer Pro Audio systems since first hearing…
RG Jones Sound Engineering has been servicing the Henley Festival for 37 years, and with the aid of Martin Audio’s award-winning MLA family (and other components in the market-leading portfolio) they are able to keep the tech sounding fresh, and therefore meet the requirements of both production manager, John Harris, and technical manager/head of sound, Jim Lambert. The centrepiece of this traditional ‘black tie’ event, spread over five days, is the notorious Floating Stage—once again set up and managed by Simon Honywill. This is where MLA really comes into its own. “The Floating Stage arena is always a challenge for…
Clear-Com have announced FreeSpeak Edge, the latest addition to the FreeSpeak family of digital wireless intercom solutions. FreeSpeak Edge is an advanced wireless intercom system, delivering the best audio quality and enhanced performance in some of the most complex live performance environments. The system also gives the user more control and customization options, thanks to advanced frequency coordination capabilities and intuitive design features in the system’s transceivers and beltpacks. Built from the ground up, FreeSpeak Edge is the result of extensive feedback from existing FreeSpeak II power users, incorporating recent advances in the fundamental technology, leading to an all-new 5GHz…
ETC has announced the hiring of Matt Cowles as Field Project Coordinator for its London office. As the company continues to grow, the new role sees Cowles provide technical sales and manage projects across the country. He will be responsible for sales arrangements of key accounts in this region and support Regional Sales Manager, Jeremy Roberts in working with ETC and High End Systems’ dealers, distributors and customers. A familiar face in the UK with 17 years of experience working in the industry, Matt joins the company from Ambersphere Solutions Ltd where he worked in technical sales for seven years.…
As part of its commitment to its professional customer base, DPA Microphones has appointed two new distributors in Serbia and Croatia. AVL Projekt and LAV Projekt are now responsible for the company’s entire range of high quality microphones, which includes products aimed at the recording and pro audio markets, live sound, installation and broadcast. Both AVL and LAV are long-term distributors and integrators of professional audio, light and video solutions. They address DPA market segments through a network of system integrators, installers and dealers, which are very active in the theatre, broadcast and with live touring companies. Being able to…
